BRADENTON BEACH – Tingley Memorial Library clerk Eveann Adams is retiring effective June 21.
In a May 27 letter to the city, Adams stated, “After being the clerk at Tingley Memorial Library for 22 years, I must now formally advise you of my impending retirement. I will advise the library volunteers and the library board of my decision, and trust you will notify, if anyone else, on my behalf.”
Mayor John Chappie announced Adams’ resignation at the June 5 city commission meeting.
“On behalf of the city I want to thank her for her 22 years,” Chappie said.
Commissioner Deborah Scaccianoce asked about the process for replacement.
“We’re waiting for the board to get some things settled,” he said.
Adams was also serving as library board treasurer, as new board members have not yet been appointed.
City commissioners and members of the Tingley Memorial Library board met on May 21 to discuss the future of the library, funding for repairs and a renewed conversation about raising the library for parking.
At that meeting, city Building Official Bill Palmer and Police Chief and Public Works Director John Cosby outlined needed repairs to the library building, which included replacement of ramps, soffits and air conditioning ductwork.
Built in 1994, the library is a non-profit corporation independent of the Manatee County library system. It was originally funded by benefactor Beulah Tingley with a bequest of more than $600,000.
“It wasn’t going to last forever and that’s the pickle we’re in right now with the financials and the building structure. We’re getting to a point that we have to figure out what we’re going to do with the library as far as figuring out the structure itself and where the funds would come from,” Chappie said on May 21. “We’re going to have to start doing something (about the repairs) and there just isn’t money there.”
Tingley Memorial Library open
The Tingley Memorial Library has reopened. Library hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. The library is located at 111 Second St. N., Bradenton Beach.
